Guide to the Manuscript of R. John Rath's
The Provisional Austrian Regime in Lombardy-Venetia, 1814-1815MS 310

creator

Rath, Reuben John, 1910-

Title:

Manuscript of Reuben John Rath's
The Provisional Austrian Regime in Lombardy-Venetia,

Dates:

1814-1815

Abstract:

This collection consists of a small amount of correspondence, maps, typographical and proofreading instructions in regard to the publication of Rath's
The Provisional Austrian Regime in Lombardy-Venetia, 1814-1815 and two typed drafts of the monograph.

R. John Rath, born December 12, 1910, in St. Francis, Kansas, received a Bachelor of Arts in 1932 from the University of Kansas, a Masters of Arts in 1934 from the University of California at Berkeley, and Ph.D. in 1941 from Columbia University. Following army service in 1945, he was named Chief, Division of Documentary Evidence, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, U.S. Zone in Germany, and later, chief of the same division, Austrian mission. He was granted a Social Science Research Council Fellowship in 1937-1938 for research in Austria and Italy and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1956-1957 for research in Italy.

Dr. Rath held teaching assignments at the University of Arkansas, Mississippi State College for Women, University of Georgia, the University of Colorado and the University of Texas as Professor of History before joining the Rice University faculty in 1963. At Rice University he was Chairman of the Department of History and Political Science from 1963 to 1968 and Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of History from 1969 to 1979.

Rath was co-founder and former president of the Conference Group for Central European History of the United States and Canada, former president of the Southwestern Social Science Association, and member and board member of numerous national and international historical associations. He wrote numerous books, articles and book reviews on European history. He also founded and edited the
Austrian History Yearbook.

This collection consists of a small amount of correspondence, maps, typographical and proofreading instructions in regard to the publication of Rath's
The Provisional Austrian Regime in Lombardy-Venetia, 1814-1815 and two typed drafts of the monograph.

Arrangement of the Papers

Access Restrictions

This material is open for research.

Restrictions on Use

Permission to publish from the
Manuscript of R. John Rath's The Provisional Austrian Regime in Lombardy-Venetia, 1814-1815 must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

Additional information about R. John Rath may be found in the R. John Rath information file located in Woodson Research Center. A copy of the published work,
The Provisional Austrian Regime in Lombardy-Venetia 1814-1815, may be found in the Woodson Research Center.